WELCOME TO HARLEM HARLEM Frederick Douglass Harriet Tubman 125th Street a/k/a Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Apollo Theater Hotel Theresa Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building and Statue • Studio Museum in Harlem
• Civil Rights Museum
• National Urban League. Marcus Garvey Park Central Park St. Nicholas Park Morningside Park Sylvia’s Restaurant Red Rooster
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Mother A.M.E. Zion Church Abyssinian Baptist Church St. Philip’s Episcopal Church St. James Presbyterian Church Striver’s Row Convent Avenue 409 Edgecombe Avenue • Hubert Harris • Ruby Dee • Marcus Garvey • Ossie Davis • Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. • Billie Holiday • A. Philip Randolph • Miles Davis • Paul Robeson • Duke Ellington • Langston Hughes • Jackie Robinson • Zora Neale Hurston • John Carlos • Malcolm X • Martin Luther King, Jr. • James Baldwin • Romare Bearden • Madame C.J. Walker “The name Harlem has been included in the titles of at least thirty-five books, seventy-four songs, and twenty- six movies. No other neighborhood in the country can match this recognition.”
—A. Peter Bailey Carolyn D. Johnson is the president of Welcome to Harlem (2004) & Harlem Jazz Boxx (2014). Welcome to Harlem is a boutique-tour company focusing on the rich history and cultural diversity of Harlem. Harlem Jazz Boxx is the musical arm of Welcome to Harlem and we are proud to be a successful NYC and New York State- certified minority and women-owned business. We are a full-service tour company that reverberates to the vibrant pulse of Harlem and its unique enclaves. I am a graduate of the City University of New York, a New York City licensed tour guide, and co-author of The Harlem Travel Guide.
Phone: (212) 662-7779 Email: [email protected] Website/URL: www.welcometoharlem.com